REMEMBER HOW THE BAGGERS ALWAYS SAY THE CONSUMER PAYS?

Specifically, the consumer pays for any tax increases on businesses? Well, in some cases we also pay for DECREASES in taxes:

Some flyers may not see savings from expired taxes
By DAVID KOENIG - AP Airlines Writer | AP – Sat, Jul 23, 2011

DALLAS (AP) — Some airline customers won't see savings this weekend even though several federal taxes on tickets have expired.

US Airways and American Airlines raised fares to offset the tax savings.

That means instead of passing along the savings from expired taxes, the carriers are pocketing the money while customers pay the same amount as before.